When poet John Donne wrote that no man is an island, he really meant that humans need to connect with other humans physically in order to thrive. “Put down your phones and look up at each other,” says Dr Fiona Kerr, a founder of the NeuroTech Institute, who advises how to make the most of human senses and keep on growing our brains until our last days.

“Squiggly Brain. Neurodivergence, a mum’s perspective.” This isn’t a revolutionary finding but all parents raising neurodivergent kids need a solid mental health scaffolding of their own.

“Every fall into love involves the triumph of hope over self-knowledge.” Alain de Botton, The Course of Love, 2016

All things are supple when alive and are only hard when dead. So what if we allowed ourselves to be soft and vulnerable for a change?